WH40K - Fireworks Label

This is a long-delayed post:

In 2007, we bought some fireworks for Cracker Night. The fireworks were mostly Chinese made, with labels that contained various images, presumably collected from the internet and slapped on to make the products cool and exciting. Star Wars, Batman, Predator, etc. My favourite was this one:




So, GW, off you go to China with your lawyers and have a word with these people!

WH40K - Fernvale Specialty Scenics

I picked up some cast resin scenery pieces from Underworld Games in Ipswich, Qld.

These are made by Fernvale Specialty Scenics. I have found a number of miniature and hobby sites that sell them, but the designer's blog/website is here:

http://fss-resin.blogspot.com/

I bought five of the 'Rock' series and two 'Pond' series.

RF-001, RF-002, RF-003, RF-004 and RF-005.

WF-002 Pond and WF-001 Oasis.

These pieces are approx 10 - 20 cm wide and up to about 8 cm high. They are moulded in dark brown or black resin, with realistic looking rocks and a coarse, sandy/foamy surface for the ground. They look like they will paint up very easily, but I will add a little flock and dirt to the bases.

They do look as if actual rocks have been used as casting material, but I think this is perfectly acceptable. Nothing looks more like rock, and I don't have the time or the skill to find and assemble natural looking scenery and make terrain pieces from it.

The smallest rock looks like a good aiming spot for a firing squad.

The key reason I like these pieces is that they have been carefully arranged to allow WH40K scale (28mm) figures - with bases - to stand among the terrain without toppling over.

The rock pieces would look good in any desert or alien wasteland - add plastic aquarium or home-made plants to make them more like jungle scenes. The large pond could have a chemical tank and green paint added for that 'toxic spill' look. The small pond could easily be used to represent the horror of horrors, the nastiest place in any Ork settlement: The drops...

The smaller pieces in the Fernvale Specialty Scenics range were about AUD 5-6 each and the large ones AUD 8-10 each. Very reasonable in my opinion.

Lego - 8396 Soldier's Arsenal - Built in the bag!

Like Lego? Bored? Stuck in a confined space but with lots of time on your hands? Why not build your next Lego set entirely in its bag? This one is 8396 Soldier's Arsenal, from the Pirates range, released in 2009.

Obviously this only works if the Lego set comes in a single bag, but a lot of them do - particularly the Racers, the small Creator sets and the single minifig sets. (Impulse sets!)

There is no particular point to this; it's just a way of exercising the mind and fingertips.

WH40K - Test Fit of the Deff Rolla

I did some test fitting of the Deff Rolla (Death Roller) I was worried that it would be too big for the Battlewagon. Turns out, it is.

However, with the roof and turret fitted, it starts to look less ludicrous. Orks are many things; subtle is not one of them.

WH40K - Deff Rolla

Every Ork wagon needs one.





The plating came from a variety of sources, including an expired credit card. Some of the hooked spikes are clipped from the power claw of the plastic Warboss.

WH40K - Plastic Warboss - minor additions

Some further work on the Black Reach Warboss. I added a scope from one of the Ork plastic sets - could have been the Boyz box set - I am losing track of which bits came from where! Also, I replaced the power cables with a pair cut from old headphone wires, and plugged into the grill part of an Ork Slugga.